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Adieu À L'Écurie - D.Rothon

Cementing himself as an integral part of the French Indie music scene, French producer and multi-instrumentalist Crayon, real name Lauren Larue, signed to Erased Tapes in 2021 to herald in a new chapter in his life.

His two track EP, consisting of Misplaced and Ithinkso, sees him going back to his electronic, UK-infused roots. Whilst the opening song Misplaced — featuring vocals from Gracy Hopkins and Jo Lowenthal of Australian indie band Tora — maintains a clearer narrative; the second is a blend of traditional 00’s uk garage and jazz, almost fully instrumental. It’s this clear contrast the producer wanted to explore further, made possible by spending a month away in Morocco with choreographer Leo Walk and a bunch of other creatives and friends in early 2020. While Misplaced had already been recorded several months before, Ithinkso was sitting comfortably amongst a raft of other unfinished songs in Crayon’s hard drive. “It was only after seeing Leo’s excitement at first listen, and the incredible and abstract dance moves he would throw while discovering the song that I knew I had to do something with it,” the artist recalls.

As he and Leo went to spend a week at Plastician’s mystical domain Jean Francois Fourtou, in the outskirts of Marrakech, they found themselves submerged in a parallel world, surrounded by giant sculptures of insects, and a fully equipped, real sized reversed house. One quiet night they decided to experiment together with Leo repeating specific moves, almost turning himself into a human boomerang, while Crayon’s assignment was to write an assimile yet efficient electronic beat to it. After sampling a very short bit from French Soul singer Enchantée Julia (who Crayon was producing for at the time), Ithinkso was born, named after what they would both hear phonetically from the sample.

Both tracks wouldn’t have been completed without yet another collaborator, Crayon’s then roommate Bastien Brison, a Paris based jazz pianist. Together they held, when Lauren returned from the trip, what they simply called The Jazz Club in their apartment. It was a weekly jam/live painting/dancing event that they opened to a (not so) small lucky audience as a way to cope with the absence of live music, and events in general. Once again, the clear contrast between traditional jazz music and modern sounds and movements, that gave him the urge to make this project.

Misplaced / Ithinkso

Ithinkso

Crayon - Ithinkso (ft. Bastien Brison)

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King of the Mountains - Zoetrope

'Amya' is available to buy NOW, on very limited edition 500 copies only vinyl- featuring two tracks >> Solace/Amya. This is Jinje's first vinyl release with Messrs. Kick & Drum Records.

They are a strictly limited edition of 500, and look stunning!  Grab a copy here at his Bandcamp before they all go. There are still some left >>>>

https://jinje.bandcamp.com/album/solace-2 

They ship worldwide and once they’re gone, they’re gone!

'Amya' is also available to purchase digitally via all the usual outlets, and can be streamed on most streaming services.

Thank you for your continued support for small, independent labels.

Messrs. K&D



“I am sure this will open the shutters at Panorama Bar!” nd_baumecker // Berghain // 

"Lush, uplifting techno- not 3 words I put together that often. Just time to squeeze in a late summer epic!" Matt Black // Coldcut // 

"This song has quite the build, but so many great elements all dancing about together to compose one gorgeous choon that is Amya! I can’t stop listening to this! Strike that, I WON’T STOP LISTENING TO IT!"  Magnetic Magazine

'Amya' is the title track from the 3 track debut single 'Amya' by Jinjé, and is available to buy NOW as a digital release from:

Bandcamp - https://jinje.bandcamp.com/track/amya
iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/amy... 
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And can also be streamed via:

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Messrs. Kick & Drum Records is a London based record label. Find us here, or on a dance floor somewhere...

Contact: messrskickanddrum@gmail.com
Twitter: @MessrsKickDrum
Demo submissions, new sounds, fresh beats = all welcome.
We love House, Techno, Electronica, and everything in between.

For Jinjé live/DJ booking, please contact >> messrskickanddrum@gmail.com

Amya

Jinjé - 'Amya' MKD001 (Single)

From the forthcoming 2CD compilation of remixes, rarities and unreleased tracks entitled "Memory and Matter", coming out on October 7 on Darla Records. The album can now be preordered here: www.manual.bandcamp.com

Or directly from Darla: 
darla.com/index.php?fuseaction…il&item_cat_id=43244


Blue Foundation: "Dressed in Black" (Manual Remix)

Adult Swim and Ghostly International present Ghostly Swim 2, CD version out April 28, 2015.

CD/Digital and exclusive tee available at The Ghostly Store: www.theghostlystore.com/collections/ghostly-swim-2

Dauwd - Kolido

Review: http://bit.ly/12yA4Rx

HVL
https://soundcloud.com/hvl

Transfigured Time
https://soundcloud.com/transfigured-time

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Premiere: HVL - Real Command

Play Your Part by Tiny Monsters of Brighton, 1987 AD.  The Tiny Monsters narrowly avoided the fickle adoration of the ignorant masses, and devoted themselves instead to a deeper understanding of the role of the sea pig in early Etruscan sculpture.

Play Your Part

LUV ME

BURN

The Lexicon Of Love

Theme From "Mantrap"

Indian Wells "Racquets" - Boiler Room Debuts

I had a lot of train journeys recently and I love watching the wires seemingly dance around outside the window. I wondered if we could be getting fooled by a similar process during our usual experience of movement and time, and thought it would be an interesting project for a music video set to the music created during the same journeys.

You can find that project and a longer explanation of the video ideas here: https://vimeo.com/241546182

For the music I wanted to bring ideas of frozen moments of the past into play, and no better excuse to get stuck in with the Prophet 6 on some lush classic analogue synth sounds for the main chord sequence, and plenty of nob noodling for a dance of modulating sounds around the main sequence. I wanted to keep it fairly sparse to let the chord patch be central, and just focus on trying to make every element, including the percussion, warp a little, so you can either listen to the track from a distance and hear the harmonic ideas, or delve in to find all sorts more hiding in there.

You can hear the whole EP here: https://lnk.to/WorldPassingByEP

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Resynthesis [Mesh004]

B2. Go Home

Taken from the debut solo album 'Winterval' by Sam Willis.  Released on Half Machine Records

Buy:
LP - www.halfmachinerecords.bigcartel.com
Digital - http://samwillis.bandcamp.com/album/winterval-2

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Sam Willis - 'Winterval'

Tranquil Eyes - Find Out For Yourself

Founded by sonic architect and explorer Robert Raths aka ghostworker in 2007, Erased Tapes is a truly independent record label that has disrupted the industry and rejuvenated the musical landscape. The London-based label has consistently nurtured genre-defying artists from all around the world without losing its avant-garde ethos.

2015 saw BBC 6 Music radio presenter Mary Anne Hobbs stage an Erased Tapes evening featuring Nils Frahm and A Winged Victory For The Sullen at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the prestigious BBC Prom. It was the fastest selling ticket of the entire season. Shortly after Erased Tapes was awarded Best Small Label 2015 at the AIM Awards.

On February 5th 2017 Erased Tapes opened the doors to its new East London home, marking the 10th anniversary by introducing fans and the public to the new Erased Tapes Sound Gallery.

“Ten years of one of the most important record labels of the last few years“ — Gilles Peterson

"Over the last decade, Robert Raths’ label Erased Tapes has developed a sonic profile perfectly in step with the growing taste for quiet, meditative works on the cusp of ambient and chamber music" — The Independent

“The heart-string-tugging London label that floats gently between 20th century composition and ambient music” — Rolling Stone

Crayon - Ithinkso (ft. Bastien Brison)

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